Herbal Medicine to Treat Coughs

 Coughing is the body's defense mechanisms of the respiratory tract clean of dust coming from the nose or other foreign objects. Thus, the cough is not a disease but a symptom of the disease.

Coughs can be treated with medicines that contain cough expectorant or antitussive or of a prescription from a doctor, but contain many side effects. For those of you who want to treat cough in addition to drugs, there are other ways a more natural and fewer side effects to using herbal medicines.

The problem is, not many data related to the mechanism of herbal medicine to treat coughs. There are some plants that can treat a cough is traditionally or through scientific research. Some medicinal plants that can treat coughs as follows.

Lemon

In the orange juice contains Vitamin C that can strengthen the immune system and is associated with munomodulator activity. Essential oils are useful as aroma therapy in the respiratory tract.

Cough and cold can be treated with lime. With lemon, you do not need to use medicines that are sold in stores or pharmacies that contain a lot of side effects due is made of chemicals. But by using lemon juice or herbal medicine, has fewer side effects.

How to Treat Lime to cite this as Herbal Cough Medicine

Ingredients:

• 1 or 2 pieces of lemon

• 1 tablespoon honey

• 1 cup of boiled water

• Spoon

Method of Construction:

Squeeze lime juice and take the water. Insert the lime juice into a glass of boiled water which you have prepared earlier. Add 1 tablespoon of honey. Mix well and drink it down.

In order to recover quickly cough, take medication every morning and evening. If the cough does not go away or gets worse, consult your doctor for further care.

Liquorice

The content contained in liquorice is glisirisin. Is the main ingredient of black cough now combined with conventional medicine.

Ginger

Ginger has long been used for treatment of flu. Because some compounds in ginger beneficial increase in body temperature. In clinical trials, is widely used as an anti-nausea and vomiting. Ginger can make your throat warm so you will be slightly reduced cough and throat.

Thyme

Plant this one is one plant that has long been used as cough medicine. The main effect as an expectorant. Thyme contains essential oils and flavonoids. The use of thyme syrup 10ml 3 times a day over the next 5 days, to give effect not unlike the bromheksin.

Powder

Powder can overcome the problems of the respiratory tract. Powder for use as a relaxing aroma therapy. In addition, powder used as a skin cosmetic. With powder, can reduce cough, throat and warms the throat.

Nutmeg

Nutmeg contains essential oils. In scientific studies, nutmeg is used as a sedative agent. In experimental animals, nutmeg increased duration of sleep.

Mint leaves

Mint leaves as an expectorant and contains essential oils that stimulate the respiratory mucosa, giving a sense of cold, lowering the surface tension of the lungs, so the air flow in and thin the mucus secretion. Other uses of mint is anti-microbial.